Overview:
A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss O’Shea, a nightclub singer, who’s on top of all the slang—and, it just so happens, needs a place to stay.| Status: | Released (1941-12-02) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 4 Oscars. 1 win & 4 nominations total |
| Screen: | Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, Thomas Monroe |
| Productions: | Samuel Goldwyn Productions, RKO Radio Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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- 4068: Gary Cooper - Professor Bertram Potts
- 14974: Barbara Stanwyck - Sugarpuss O’Shea
- 29661: Oskar Homolka - Prof. Gurkakoff
- 7666: Henry Travers - Prof. Jerome
- 94110: S.Z. Sakall - Prof. Magenbruch
- 13359: Tully Marshall - Prof. Robinson
- 4120: Leonid Kinskey - Prof. Quintana
Crews
- 11435: Howard Hawks - Director - Directing
- 8617: Charles Brackett - Screenplay - Writing
- 3146: Billy Wilder - Screenplay - Writing
- 108906: Thomas Monroe - Original Story - Writing
- 4350: Edith Head - Costume Design - Costume & Make-Up
- 3146: Billy Wilder - Original Story - Writing
- 4352: Mel Berns - Makeup Artist - Costume & Make-Up
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This is a cracking little comedy with Gary Cooper as the unlikely boffin "Prof. Potts" who, alongside a group of equally eminent academics has been working on an encyclopaedia for the previous 9 years - and they've only got to "S". Enter the mailman who is doing a radio quiz just as ....
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